Co-Founder CleanCapital, Iraq Veteran, and former White House Federal Chief Sustainability Officer - Plus a huge Buffalo Bills fan!
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Jon Powers retweeted
American clean energy is united.
Permitting reform is essential to unleashing the affordable, abundant, clean power our communities need⚡
Scoop: Clean energy trades @CEBAPower, @ACORE, @AdvEnergyUnited, @USCleanPower, & @SEIA are formally endorsing the Senate's bipartisan permitting reform bill in a joint letter to congressional leaders punchbowl.news/baaja-joint-t…
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The Senate: We need to get rid of all these clean energy subsidies and let the free market do it's thing.
Also the Senate: We should give coal companies hundreds of millions of dollars to subsidize steel production in China.
Jon Powers retweeted
The House is about to vote on a bill that could lead to hundreds of billions in lost energy infrastructure investments.
Here are some of the Republican-led House districts with the most to lose.
1. Rep. Kiggans (VA-02): $12 billion at risk.
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Jon Powers retweeted
If the House passes their big bill, they would be voting to cancel thousands of energy projects over the next decade.
There's a reason that trade unions are calling this "the biggest job-killing bill in history."
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Keep in mind: to get an energy project to the point where you've actually commenced construction, you have to invest significant capital in planning, site acquisition/leasing, engineering, grid interconnection studies, permitting, contracting long lead items etc. Even exempting projects that have commenced construction now, the GOP Budget Bill pending in the Senate today would raise taxes on hundreds of projects in development across the country. Amending the bill to permit projects commencing construction within 12 months of passage (and remove arbitrary placed in service deadlines) would be much fairer treatment of at-risk, pending investments.
The problem isn’t “ending subsidies.” It’s:
1) Abrupt termination after major capex is already sunk
2) Cutting eligibility at an arbitrary in-service cliff, blowing up project pipelines
3) Imposing extreme, unworkable FEOC rules that ignore supply chain realities
4) Slapping an excise tax on our fastest-to-deploy resources
5) Doing all this amid spiking demand, tariffs, rising grid upgrade costs, & permitting bottlenecks
Jon Powers retweeted
Now we look to the House for the future of American energy. Stay active, stay engaged!
“Despite limited improvements, this legislation undermines the very foundation of America’s manufacturing comeback and global energy leadership."
@SEIA's statement: bit.ly/4eOzbdn
Jon Powers retweeted
Many people in the energy sector told me that Chris Wright was reasonable and pragmatic.
Turns out he’s ignorant and dogmatic.
The more we load our grid with intermittent generation, the worse the grid performs during times of maximum demand.
Subsidies are meant to drive prices down and boost supply. But subsidizing wind and solar has done exactly the opposite.
The One Big Beautiful Bill will help end wasteful subsidies and deliver more reliable energy for the American people!
Jon Powers retweeted
The Ernst, Grassley, & Murkowski Amendment corrects several of the clean energy provisions that are most damaging to American workers, American businesses, and American energy leadership.
SEIA encourages all Senators to support this amendment and thanks @SenJoniErnst, @lisamurkowski, and @ChuckGrassley for their responsible leadership.
Jon Powers retweeted
The energy industry has played a significant role in strengthening Kansas’ economy and workforce. Several CEBN members based in the state shared with the Kansas Reflector the positive impact the tax credits have had on their business and the importance of its protection.
Jon Powers retweeted
Here's what batteries were doing on the Texas grid yesterday. It's happening y'all! We're so close to having higher reliability AND massive room for growth for AI data centers, robotics, manufacturing, etc. But the President & Congress want to derail it. So short-sighted.
Jon Powers retweeted
There's a reason that the largest construction workers union in America called Senate Republicans' bill "the biggest job killing bill in our country's history."
It would lead to mass layoffs in every state in some of the fastest-growing sectors of our economy.
Jon Powers retweeted
“Any Senator who votes for this bill is voting for higher energy prices, a weaker economy, and a less secure America." Read @SEIA's full statement on the Senate reconciliation bill here: seia.org/news/solar-and-stor…
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This @theallinpod is 💯
@chamath @friedberg The Senate was ready to fix this—but now might fumble our generation’s Manhattan Project.
Terminating energy tax credits for projects not placed in service by 2028? It’s like they want higher electric bills and us to lose to China.
Jon Powers retweeted
🚨 The reconciliation bill text released last night is a direct attack on American energy, workers & families.
Any Senator voting for it is voting for higher prices. And they’ll have to answer for it when families open their utility bills, when workers lose their jobs, and when voters head to the polls.
Full statement from @HopperAbby: seia.org/news/solar-and-stor…
Jon Powers retweeted
We might vote today on Republicans’ new tax bill, released in the dead of night. It includes a NEW tax on all wind and solar projects. It will kill the industry, raise costs for everyone even more than we thought, and cause shortages.
Jon Powers retweeted
FYI to anyone calling to end subsidies: you can’t claim to support an ‘all of the above’ strategy and support a bill that subsidizes coal but declares war on solar—the fastest-growing energy source in America.
And yes—tax penalties on new projects that don’t claim credits is war
Jon Powers retweeted
National Association of Building Trades Unions: "If enacted, the [Republicans' budget bill] stands to be the biggest job-killing bill in the history of this country... the equivalent of terminating more than 1,000 Keystone XL projects... threatens 1.75 million construction jobs."
Jon Powers retweeted
Thanks to @powersjon for leading this effort to protect energy jobs and investments.
It's not too late to tell Congress to fix this bill.
Nearly 300 clean energy business leaders are urging the Senate to stop the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." It would crush investments, delay projects, and raise energy bills.
These companies are creating jobs and building the grid we need. But the bill’s timelines and red tape make clean energy progress harder, not easier.
Lawmakers need to hear from all of us. Take action here: bit.ly/4l2kUeG
Jon Powers retweeted
Joe Biden has been one of America’s most consequential presidents, as well as a dear friend and partner to me. Today, we’ve also been reminded – again – that he’s a patriot of the highest order.
Here’s my full statement: barackobama.medium.com/my-st…
